eat+greedily
121cram — v. (crammed, cramming) 1 tr. a fill to bursting; stuff (the room was crammed). b (foll. by in, into) force (a thing) into (cram the sandwiches into the bag). 2 tr. & intr. prepare for an examination by intensive study. 3 tr. (often foll. by with) …
122Onobrychis — noun genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods • Syn: ↑genus Onobrychis • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae …
123scoff — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (usu. foll. by at) speak derisively, esp. of serious subjects; mock; be scornful. n. 1 mocking words; a taunt. 2 an object of ridicule. Derivatives: scoffer n. scoffingly adv. Etymology: perh. f. Scand.: cf. early mod. Da. skuf …
124stuff — n. & v. n. 1 the material that a thing is made of; material that may be used for some purpose. 2 a substance or things or belongings of an indeterminate kind or a quality not needing to be specified (there s a lot of stuff about it in the… …
125hyphessobrycon — hīˌfesəˈbrīˌkän noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from hyphesso (from Greek hyphēssōn of lesser stature, from hypo + hēssōn inferior, less) + Brycon, genus of fishes (from Greek brykein to eat greedily, bite, devour) : a genus of… …
126slorp — ˈslȯ(ə)rp dialect Britain variant of slurp * * * slorp, v. dial. and Sc. (slɔːp) [Cf. Du. and MLG. slorpen in the same sense. See also slurp v.] intr. and trans. To drink, sup, or eat greedily, noisily, or coarsely. in Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poet.… …
127hog it — (slang) 1. To eat greedily 2. To live in a slovenly fashion • • • Main Entry: ↑hog …
128om|niv´o|rous|ness — om|niv|o|rous «om NIHV uhr uhs», adjective. 1. eating every kind of food. 2. eating both animal and vegetable food: »Man is an omnivorous animal. 3. Figurative. taking in everything; fond of all kinds: »An omnivorous reader reads all kinds of… …
